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The Employment Act does not specify territorial scope in regards to the rights of an employee. In a the Lawson vs Serco case, the court of appeal and the House of Lords relied on case law alone to come to their verdict. The employer, Serco Ltd is a UK company which operates world-wide providing … Read more
On the 6th April 2013 the Government introduced a rather significant change to the rules relating to collective redundancy that companies have to abide by. With regard to what it meant by collective the Government have classed it as any company that is looking to make 100 or more staff members redundant. The rule change … Read more
UNISON have today announced that they are considering applying for a judicial review of the government’s decision to introduce fees for Claimants in the Employment Tribunals. The basis upon which they are seeking to challenge the decision are: (1) on the basis that it is unlawful for Claimants to have to pay fees to exercise … Read more
The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill received Royal assent in April of this year and now the Enterprise and Regulatory Report Act 2013 will gradually come into being over the next 12 months. The government has announced some key dates for changes surrounding Employment Law and Employment Tribunal procedures which will come into being from … Read more
This year’s Budget delivered by George Osborne, Chancellor of the Exchequer, was light on employment law changes (probably because the last 12 months have been very busy with a raft of reforms) but here is a summary of employment-related aspects of the 2013 Budget: – The proposed “Employee Shareholder” system will be in operation as soon … Read more